Gossip: Transfer and rumours - 5 December, 2013

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Arsenal and Manchester City have expressed
an interest in bringing former Chelsea, Gunners and Portsmouth
midfielder Lassana Diarra, 28, back to the Premier League from Lokomotiv
Moscow in January.
Full story: Daily Express
Chelsea are lining up a loan deal to bring unsettled Monaco forward Radamel Falcao, 27, to Stamford Bridge.

Ashley Cole is among a host of Premier League players targeted by Major League Soccer

Full story: Daily Star Manchester United are planning to offload midfield duo Ashley Young, 28, and Anderson, 25, in January.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Chelsea defender Ashley Cole, 32, is among a host of
the top Premier League players being targeted by the United States'
Major League Soccer ahead of its 2015 expansion plans.
Full story: Daily Mail Benfica are facing a battle to keep
£20m-rated Serbia midfielder Nemanja Matic in January, with interest
from Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, 31, says he hopes to seal a move back to Barcelona next summer.
Full story: Metro Meanwhile, the Anfield club are targeting
Swedish striker Valmir Berisha, 17, after the Halmstad youngster was
leading scorer in the Under-17 World Cup in the autumn.
Full story: Sun (subscription required)
Barcelona scouts have been watching Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, 22, but Arsene Wenger prices him at £50m.
Full story: Daily Mail Auxerre striker Paul-Georges Ntep, 21, says
he is keen on a move to Arsenal, despite interest from Chelsea,
Tottenham and Aston Villa.
Full story: Daily Express
Atletico Madrid are hoping to bring Chelsea midfield
duo Juan Mata, 25, and Kevin De Bruyne, 22, to Spain as they prepare to
let Manchester United and Liverpool midfield target Koke, 21, leave in
the January transfer window.
Full story: Daily Star

OTHER GOSSIP

Brazil legend Pele will not be taking
Friday's World Cup draw after rejecting the opportunity to do so through
fears of handing his country a difficult group.
Full story: Daily Mail
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 28, plans to
open a museum dedicated to himself on the island of Madeira where he was
born.
Full story: Daily Telegraph Andre Villas-Boas says he was relieved with
his side's comeback victory over Fulham after the under-pressure
Tottenham boss saw them record a 2-1 win to move up to sixth in the
Premier League.
Full story: London's Evening Standard
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, 20, who
currently plays for Juventus, has been named the best under-21 player
in Europe, winning the prestigious Golden Boy award.
Full story: Manchester Evening News Dimitar Berbatov, 32, is unhappy at
struggling Fulham and the striker's agent is trying to engineer a
January move out of Craven Cottage.

Cristiano Ronaldo plans to open a museum dedicated to himself in the town where he was born

Full story: Sun (subscription required)
Bookmakers have slashed the odds on Barcelona forward
Lionel Messi, 26, winning the prestigious Ballon d'Or for a fourth year
running after it was suspected the result was leaked to a Spanish news
agency.
Full story: Daily Mirror Former West Ham midfielder Stewart Robson
says that the Hammers have "every chance'" of being relegated after
three defeats in their last four matches.
Full story: Talksport
Everton left-back Bryan Oviedo, 23, has labelled his
winner against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday as the
biggest moment of his career so far, and declared: "now anything is
possible."
Full story: Liverpool Echo

GLOBAL GOSSIP (from BBC Monitoring)

Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata, 21, says he
will not leave the club in January after reports emerged of Arsenal
manager Arsene Wenger wanting to sign the young defender.
Full story: Marca (in Spanish)
Juventus and AC Milan are pursuing Italian club Botafogo's 19 year-old defender Matheus Doria Macedo,
Full story: Tuttosport (in Italian) Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says
the club is talking to former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, 32, to
renew his contract.
Full story: As.com (in Spanish)

AND FINALLY

Police stopped Arsenal defender Carl
Jenkinson, 21, while he was en-route to their match against Hull - and
asked for a photo with him.
Full story: Metro
England will be cheered on at next summer's World Cup
by the smallest number of travelling fans for a major tournament in
decades with only 1000 members of the official supporters' club expected
to make the trip to Brazil.
Full story: Daily Mail